São Paulo

Neighborhoods in the city of Maceio are threatening to collapse due to the company’s decades-long extraction of rock salt

An NGO warns that the increase in violence due to the establishment of drug gangs in the largest tropical forest in the world must be included in the environmental debate

A new book tells the story of two German-speaking immigrant families and a fervent Nazi who continued to keep the Angel of Death’s secrets even after he drowned in São Paulo

The Brazilian co-founder of A Casa do Porco in São Paulo made ‘The World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ list with an inexpensive, pork-centric menu

The storm, with winds of up to 100 kph (62 mph), caused at least seven deaths, authorities said, and uprooted many large trees, some of which fell on power lines

The three-time F1 champion Verstappen spent a long portion of the practice session working with Red Bull on adjustments to his car and was only 16th fastest

The Mamiraua Institute, a research group of Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, said two more dead dolphins were found on Monday in the region around Tefe Lake, which is key for mammals and fish in the area

It’s technically still winter in Brazil with spring due to start in a couple of days. But a heat wave has engulfed the country since the beginning of the week

The professor at Spain’s Miguel Hernández University has studied the psychological consequences of global warming in university students and young people from vulnerable backgrounds

Organizers of big events — such as the Carnival or Rock in Rio — sign contracts with the Cobra Coral Foundation, to prevent rain on key dates

Brazilian anthropologist Fernanda K. Martins — director of the Internet Lab research center — reflects on the subjects of inequality and digital regulation in one of the most hyper-connected countries in the world

The prosecution, which is seeking 30 years for the first four defendants, plans to set exemplary sentences to prevent further attacks on democracy

The São Paulo Biennial embraces social movements and brings back a popular dance piece effectively banned during the previous far-right administration

The largest artistic event in the southern hemisphere opened its 35th edition, which tells an alternate history of the art of the 20th and 21st centuries

The governor of Rio Grande do Sul state said Tuesday that the death toll is the state’s highest due to a climate event

Support for the leftist president has risen in the south of the country and among evangelicals due to the positive economic outlook

The police ombudsman has opened an investigation after 600 officers were deployed in a favela following the fatal shooting. Witnesses reported abuses including alleged torture

In April, dozens of looters, some holding crack pipes, pillaged a drugstore. Earlier this month, a ride-share app driver had his car pelted with stones, and addicts swarmed him

Judges are evaluating a case filed by Brazil’s Democratic Labor Party, which claims the far-right leader abused his power by using government communication channels to promote his campaign and cast unfounded doubts on the electronic voting system

The marriage of the mayor of Araucária to a 16-year-old girl and the appointment of her mother to a position on the city council has sparked debate on a widespread phenomenon

São Paulo’s four municipal veterinary hospitals care for thousands of pets in an initiative shared by other Latin American cities, but that does not exist in Europe

While the debate about the decolonization of museums has recently picked up steam, the São Paulo Museum of Art has already spent almost a decade giving prominence to indigenous and Afro-Brazilian art, putting it ahead of the work by painters like Gauguin or Van Gogh

The government expects 46 million people to join festivities that officially began Friday and run through February 22

The South American country has become one of the few remaining options to get a humanitarian visa to escape the Taliban. São Paulo’s airport has been hosting new arrivals in a makeshift camp for months

The Brazilian footballer passed away from colon cancer at the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo

Although narcotics have greater visibility than ever in mainstream series and music, it is not clear to what extent they are reflecting reality

The 82-year-old Brazil legend was admitted to the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital with ‘general swelling” but doctors said he had ‘full control of his vital functions’